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.-~~~\&&§@              ~~&  LIFE  &~~              @§&&\~~~-.
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.-~\§&§@##                                          ##@§&§\~-.
.....--\&@ ~ ~ & A  MULTITUDE OF DEFINITIONS &  ~ ~ @&\--.....
.-~\§&§@@# ~   &   DOES   NOT   HELP.   WE    &   ~ #@@§&§\~-.
....-~\§&§ &     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     & §&§\~-....
....-\§&@@ ~   &   WHAT    WE   ARE,   AND    &   ~ @@&§\-....
.-~\§&§@@@ ~  ~  &  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  &  ~  ~ @@@§&§\~-.
.-~\§&§@@# ~   &   ARE",   BUT   THEN    WE   &   ~ #@@§&§\~-.
.-~\§&&§§@ &    MUST    ALSO    DEFINE    WHAT    & @§§&&§\~-.
.-~\§&§@## ~  &  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  &  ~ ##@§&§\~-.
.-~\§&§@@# ~ ~  &  ENTAILS,  HOW IT  SHOULD &  ~  ~ #@@§&§\~-.
.-~\§§@@## ~   &   BE  MEASURED,   WHO   OR   &   ~ ##@@§§\~-.
.-~\§&§@@# &    WHAT     IS    THE    ARBITER,    & #@@§&§\~-.
.-~\§&§@@@ ~  &   AND   SO   INSTEAD   THERE   &  ~ @@@§&§\~-.
.-~~~§§&§§ ~   ~   &   IS   THIS    INTERNATIONALLY §§&§§~~~-.
....~§&§§@ SANCTIONED      LIST      &     ~      ~ @§§&§~....
.-~\§&§@## ~  ~  ~ ~  &  OF  CRITERIA  & ~  ~  ~  ~ ##@§&§\~-.
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.-~\§&§@@@ - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      @@@§&§\~-.
.-~\§&§@@# - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  #@@§&§\~-.
....~\§§§§ - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  §§§§\~....
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.-~\§&§@@# - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     #@@§&§\~-.
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